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Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2025 10:19 am
by MartyMcNuts
impala454 wrote: Wed Oct 01, 2025 1:43 am
Coopervid wrote: Tue Sep 30, 2025 6:21 pm
DavidLai wrote: Tue Sep 30, 2025 4:59 pm
OK, here it is.
Drive Information
OS device name: G:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XD08U
Revision: 1.02
Serial number: CGDL002072UC
Firmware date: 2022-12-27
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81
LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS9331
Firmware version: ID05
Your firmware is too new. You have to wait until Mike comes up with a solution. No ETA.
Oh no! I am in this same boat. I've had this drive forever and recently got back to ripping my collection. I've had several discs fail (well, maybe 4-5 discs out of 100 or so so far) so I thought I'd go update the drive's firmware and see if that helped. Now I'm on 1.04 (same drive as @DavidLai).
Silly bugger! Updating firmware doesn’t help with reading discs. Updates really only ever help with writing discs and as far as UHD is concerned, causes nothing but issues, as you now know….
Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2025 8:54 pm
by DavidLai
Well, it's safe to say that this will be the first and only time I'll purchase a UHD Blu-Ray disk. I thought I had future-proofed myself 3 years ago when I bought the UHD drive, only to find out this past weekend that it doesn't work. Hopefully a solution will come soon. You guys are a group of very knowledgeable people, that's really good. Thanks for answering my question, and I'll continue to check here for any updates.
Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2025 9:39 pm
by DavoBR
DavidLai wrote: Wed Oct 01, 2025 8:54 pm
Well, it's safe to say that this will be the first and only time I'll purchase a UHD Blu-Ray disk. I thought I had future-proofed myself 3 years ago when I bought the UHD drive, only to find out this past weekend that it doesn't work. Hopefully a solution will come soon. You guys are a group of very knowledgeable people, that's really good. Thanks for answering my question, and I'll continue to check here for any updates.
I think you have the choice of waiting for Mike to do his thing, presuming you have a Pioneer drive, or buy a drive from one of the suppliers here.
Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2025 11:46 pm
by DavidLai
Yeah. I'll just wait for Mike, as the Pioneer drive I purchased 3 years ago still works fine otherwise. It would be a pitty to have to make space for another drive in my limited space.
DavoBR wrote: Wed Oct 01, 2025 9:39 pm
DavidLai wrote: Wed Oct 01, 2025 8:54 pm
Well, it's safe to say that this will be the first and only time I'll purchase a UHD Blu-Ray disk. I thought I had future-proofed myself 3 years ago when I bought the UHD drive, only to find out this past weekend that it doesn't work. Hopefully a solution will come soon. You guys are a group of very knowledgeable people, that's really good. Thanks for answering my question, and I'll continue to check here for any updates.
I think you have the choice of waiting for Mike to do his thing, presuming you have a Pioneer drive, or buy a drive from one of the suppliers here.
Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 4:14 am
by davester
I got Pioneer BDRXS07TUHD - firmware 1.03. It possible to rip UHD Disc?
Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 8:05 am
by Billycar11
davester wrote: Sat Oct 04, 2025 4:14 am
I got Pioneer BDRXS07TUHD - firmware 1.03. It possible to rip UHD Disc?
post the makemkv drive info section makes it alot easier to tell
Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 5:18 pm
by impala454
DavoBR wrote: Wed Oct 01, 2025 9:39 pmI think you have the choice of waiting for Mike to do his thing, presuming you have a Pioneer drive, or buy a drive from one of the suppliers here.
Do folks just wait for the update to happen or is there a specific thread to follow here that he'd post on if/when that time comes?
Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 1:51 am
by MartyMcNuts
impala454 wrote: Sat Oct 04, 2025 5:18 pm
DavoBR wrote: Wed Oct 01, 2025 9:39 pmI think you have the choice of waiting for Mike to do his thing, presuming you have a Pioneer drive, or buy a drive from one of the suppliers here.
Do folks just wait for the update to happen or is there a specific thread to follow here that he'd post on if/when that time comes?
Well, most likely either this very thread or this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=37848
Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 5:01 am
by uliber
Drive cannot play uhd:
Drive Information
OS device name: \Device\CdRom0
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-S12U
Revision: 1.04
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2022-12-20
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 61
LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F01
Firmware version: ID43
No disc inserted
Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 1:26 pm
by DavoBR
Any firmware dated after 11/2022 is not UHD compatible and cannot be downgraded.
You have to wait until Mike comes up with a solution for which there is currently no timeline.
Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 2:32 pm
by MrPenguin
DavoBR wrote: Mon Oct 06, 2025 1:26 pm
You have to wait until Mike comes up with a solution for which there is currently no timeline.
However, Mike has at least stated that a solution
exists for all such Pioneer drives

. It's just that no-one has any hint of its ETA.
Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 2:55 pm
by DavidLai
So a 2-year-old firmware still hasn't gotten supported, that's sad to hear. I'm still holding out hope, though the hope is slim.
MrPenguin wrote: Mon Oct 06, 2025 2:32 pm
DavoBR wrote: Mon Oct 06, 2025 1:26 pm
You have to wait until Mike comes up with a solution for which there is currently no timeline.
However, Mike has at least stated that a solution
exists for all such Pioneer drives

. It's just that no-one has any hint of its ETA.
Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 3:23 pm
by MrPenguin
DavidLai wrote: Mon Oct 06, 2025 2:55 pm
So a 2-year-old firmware still hasn't gotten supported, that's sad to hear. I'm still holding out hope, though the hope is slim.
FWIW there is considerably
more hope today than there was 2 years ago...

Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 12:26 am
by davester
Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XS07U
Revision: 1.03
Serial number: DEDL008446WL
Firmware date: 2023-01-06
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 61
LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8E21
Firmware version: ID05
No disc inserted
It possible to rip UHD Disc?
Re: LibreDrive for Pioneer drives
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 3:31 am
by MartyMcNuts
davester wrote: Tue Oct 07, 2025 12:26 am
Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XS07U
Revision: 1.03
Serial number: DEDL008446WL
Firmware date: 2023-01-06
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 61
LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS8E21
Firmware version: ID05
No disc inserted
It possible to rip UHD Disc?
No. As the firmware is post 11/2022, you will have to wait for future support.